Food Information

For all of those with access to RMIT's library, check out the online database called FOODnetBASE. I've only just started to search through it but it looks like there is lot's of interesting info.

Cleaning out the pantry

Ok, now it probably doesn't look like I have much going in on in the way of sugar in my pantry and this is true. The simple reason for it is that I am so wary of the stuff that I exercise perfect restaint when browsing the supermarket ailes and my trolly always looks like that of a health nut. It's not until some mad craving takes a hold of me that I resort to ransacking the shelves in search of some kind of sweetness (and yes I have eaten spoonfulls of honey before) that my prior restraint pays off. Now unfortunately I happen to live very close to a 7/11 and have been known to sprint there after diner in the ad break of some stupid show, when I can no longer restrain myself. In fact these episodes are a little more common than I'd like to admit and I'm sure all the staff there think I'm a stoner on a munchy run.

So the my current pantry took very little sorting, and luckily my flatmates shelves are reletively sugarless too, because I have been known to raid their stuff occassionally as well.
Although one more comment about this, I have been very carefull to read the labels of any canned or packaged foods in case they have sugar that I don't realise is in there. I think I'll look up the consummer label regulations to see what kind of other names forms of sugar are given.

RMIT Design Studies: Renounce Sugar, just say NO!

(A)Provocation: Say NO

You can say no, it needs personal strength, and step out of your conventional/ normal ways of doing things. In this exercise you have to give up many things. Your success will be in demonstrating an effective departure from dominant discourse and in showing a ‘renunciation’ of worldly possessions.

I Kathryn here by pledge that I will renounce sugar.

How to say no to something? Well first you need a reason as to why you want to do it.

I have many reasons: my health, anti-consumerism , saving the environment from un-nessessary packaging, effecting the supply chain of sugar filled products and all the energy used to create them ( I will add to this list as I discover new reasons)

By renouncing sugar I will be subjecting myself to a big lifestyle change and force much more self awareness on my day to day consummer habits. I will also subject the people around me to my cause and hopefully in some way or another influence a much wider change to peoples consumption.

The structure of this blog will be a journal of my struggles to avoid suger and the solutions that I discover on my journey. Please comment with any suggestions that you have or even better- join me!